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EE WAS WORKING IN A MANBASKET BEING LIFTED BY A BOOM CRANE, WHEN CABLE FROM CRANE SUPPORTING MANBASKET BROKE DROPPING BASKET AND CRANE SHEAVE BLOCK. CRANE SHEAVE BLOCK WEIGHS APPROX. 400 LBS A ND DROPPED ON THE EE CAUSING FATALITY.
DRY STRAIGHT 8% GRADE WITH SIDE TURN JUST AHEAD. OPERATOR APPEAR ENTRY FELL OUT OF CAB AND BECAME PINNED BETWEEN RIB AND TRUCK AND THEN RUN OVER BY REAR WHEEL.
THE VICTIM CRAWLED UNDER THE BOOM OF THE MINER, WITHOUT ANYONE'S KNOWLEDGE, PROBABLY TO TRY TO REPAIR A HYDRAULIC LEAK. APPARENTLY THE FITTING STRIPPED, CAUSING THE BOOM TO FALL CRUSHING THE V ICTIM.
CONTRACTOR CONTRACTED TO DISASSEMBLE AND MOVE PORTABLE CONVEYORS. WHILE CONVEYOR SECTIONS WERE BEING LOADED ON SUBCONTRACTORS TRUCK. A SECTION DROPPED CRUSHING THE SUBCONTRACTERS TRUCK DRIVER. THE MINE WAS CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS BUT THE CONTRACTOR WAS DOING A JOB HE WAS CONTRACTED TO DO.
HIGHWALL ROLLED OFF ON CANOPY CRUSHING VICTIM.
THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING THE MATERIAL HAULER WITH ANOTHER EE, AS A PASSENGER. AS THEY WERE TRAVELING DOWN AT A 5-8% GRADE, THE OPERATOR APPARENTLY TOOK THE MACHINE OUT OF GEAR TO TRAVEL MORE Q UICKLY. HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE MACHINE BACK IN GEAR. PASSENGER JUMPED SAFELY. TEH TRIP PROCEEDED 300 FT DOWN THE ROAD. THE OPERATOR EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN AND RUN OVER BY THE EIMCO.
IT APPEARS THAT EE WAS CROSSING THE #4 BELT SLIPPED AND FELL, OR SOMEHOW CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MOVING BELT, WHERE HE WAS MOVED TO THE #4 BELT HEAD, SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES.
OPERATOR FOR UNKNOWN REASON CAME OUT OF CAB COMPARTMENT AND WAS TRANSFERED BY MOVEMENT OF TRACK TO FRONT OF DOZER WHER HE WENT OVER END OF TRACK AND WAS CRUSHED.
DREDGE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE SAND ROCK FROM SUCTION WHEN HE FELL OVERBOARD FROM SKIFF NO WITNESSES ACTUALLY SAW HIM FALL OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFE JACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A DRIVE SHIAFT ON DUMP TRUCK WHILE BED WAS INT HE AIR. THE BED FELL ON EE PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE BED AND FRAME OF DUMP BED.
EE APPROACHED BERM IN REVERSE TO UNLOAD HAUL TRUCK ON 5450 BAZZA DUMP. THE TRUCK WENT UP AND THROUGH THE BERM. THE TRUCK THEN ROLLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DUMP AND UPON IMPACT, BURST INTO FLAME S. EE REAMINED IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. THE FIREWAS FOUGHT BY AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM FOR TWO HOURS.
THE VICTIM WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER ON THE WALKWAY OUTSIDE OF THE CRUSHER CONTROL BOOTH. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER S REPORT INDICATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. AN EE WHO WENT TO ASSIST H IM ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE SPECIFIC SOURCE OF THE ACCIDENT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
EE WAS FATALLY INJURED FROM A ROOF FALL.
ACCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION- EE WAS CLIMBING AND CUTTING STRUCTURE (METAL), WHEN THE STRUCTURE HE WAS TIED TO RIPPED AWAY AND HIS SAFETY ROPE DID NOT HOLD.
EE WAS PREFORMING BUILD UP WELDING INSIDE THE MISSOUR ROGER 4654 PRIMARY CRUSHER. HE DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PRODCEDERES REQUIRING HIM TO LOCK OUT THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE CRUSHER. APPEARS PO SSIBLE THAT THE ARC FROM WELDER MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME WIRING INT HE STARTING CUIRIT TO FUSE, CAUSING THE CRUSHER TO START.
FELT PAIN IN BACK UNABLE TO GET UP ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. WAS SHOVELING DIRT UNDER THE CONVEYOR.
EE WAS REMOVING COAL FROM THE #17 CLEAN COAL CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COLLAPSED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING ROCK AT THE SURFACE ROCK BIN BUT IT WAS NOT YET READY TO LOAD HE PULLED PAST THE BIN UNTIL IT WAS READY TO BE DUMPED HE THEN BACKED BACK UNDER THE BIN THE BIN FELL CRU SHING THE CAB OF THE ROCK TRUCK CAUSING DEATH TOTHE EMPLOYEE NOTE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BEFORWARDED
MASSIVE SAND STONE ROOF FALL ON THE PILLAR LINE
THE EE WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE A FORKLIFT TO LOAD TOTE BINS WITH PRODUCE LIME. THE FORKLIFT WAS FOUND PARKED WITH THE IGNITION TURNED OFF. THE EE WAS LAST SEEN APPROX. 445-500 PM AND IT WAS AS SUMED HE WENT ON BREAK. A SEARCH FOR THE EE STARTED APPROX. 530-545 PM AND WHEN HE COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON SITE, AT HOME, OR AT SURROUNDING BUSINESS THE POLICE AND COAF GUARD WERE CALLED.
WHILE IN THE MINE. THE INJURED EE WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND A CAT FRONT END LOADER.WHEN IT WENT THRU A VENTILATION CURTAIN. THE CAT BACKED UP AND RAN OVER THE GO CART OPERATOR.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE SOUTH SIDE SX/EW SUBSTATION TRACING LOW VOLTAGE WIRING WHEN AN ELECTRICAL FLASH OCCURRED FROM ANOTHER AREA.
EE WAS CUTTING A 22" DIA. OAK TREE, APPROX.45 FT IN HEIGHT. PRIOR TO CUTTING THIS TREE A 5" DIA. TREE LOCATED UP THE HILL FROM THE 22" OAK HAD BEEN CUT AND WAS LODGED IN THE TOP OF THE 22" OAK . WHEN THE 22" OAK WAS CUT AND BEGAN FALLING THE5" TREE DID NOT FALL FREE, BUT WAS LIFTED WITH THE 22" OAK. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE 5" TREE TO SWING AROUND HITTING EE IN THE HEAD AND KNOCKING
ACCORDING TO WITNESS THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A PLUGGED SUCTION HOSE ON THE RIGHT BOOM OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROMTHE MINE ROOF ON THE INBY SIDE OF THE ATRS PIVTOTED B ACKWARDS STRUCK EMPLOYEE & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE BOOM
THIS EE SUFFERED A FATAL HEAD INJURY. HE HAD WALKED TO THE END OF THE BOOM ON THE MECHANICAL SCALER HE WAS OPERATING. ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK.
EE CHIEF ELECT RICAN CAME IN CONTACT WITH 12470 VOLTS IN A HIGH VOLTAGE SPLICE BOX IN WHICH HE APPARENTLY WAS GOING TO CLEAN THE BOX WAS ENERGIZED
A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE 3500 HITACHI SHOVEL CAUSED THE VALVE SPOOL TO BE THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE CAB RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE
EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A METAL FRAGMENT FROM A PLANTARY DRIVE UNIT WAS STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE METAL FRAGMENT ENTERED IN HIS LOWER RIGHT NECK CUTTING THE AORTA
DRIVER HAD EMPTIED TRANSFER AND WAS APPARENTLY ON PROCESS OF DISCONNECTING TRACTOR FROM DUMPSTER. THAT WAS ON A SLIGHT GRADE AND UPON DISCONNECTION DUMPSTER STARTED TO ROLL. DRIVER RAN AFTER D UMPSTER AND GOT IN FRONT STABITEZER WHEEL WHICH RAN OVER HIM THERE WERE NO WITNESS.
IT HAPPENED IN THE QUARRY AREA, WHERE SAW BLOCKS ARE FINISHED. WORKER DRILLED A HOLE IN AREA WHERE THERE WAS SOME UNBUANT BLACKPOWDER AND THAT CREATED AN EXPLOSION THAT CAUSED INJURY DEATH.
TEFLON INSERT BROKE OUT OF CONCRETE COUNTERWEIGHT WHILE EE WAS INSTALLING IT. COUNTERWEIGHT BROKE FREE FROM CRANE, THROWING EE TO THE GROUND. EE WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.
THE EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING TRAVELED OVER THE HIGHWALL. THE ACCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MSHA AND CO REPRESENTATIVE.
THE VICTUM WAS LYING ON 2 BAGS OF ROCKDUST WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP. THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO BE ABOVE THE TOP OF THE OPEN MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP HIT A ROCK PUSHING IT TO THE ROOF WHICH CRUSHED TH E VICTUM'S HEAD.
VICTIM WAS CLEARING OUT THE SCRUBBER.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE THE VICTIM.THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND HITTING THE VICTIM ON TH E RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 14 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL INTO LOOSE EARTH.
DURING THE EARLY PART OF NIGHT SHIFT WHILE TRAINING WITH AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER IN THE CAT WITH HIM, NEW DRIVER GOT TIRES OF WATER TRUCK OVER THE EDGE OF A SHALLOW EMBANKMENT. THIS CAUSED THE T RUCK TO ROLL OVER THE EDGE CRUSHING THE CAB WHICH KILLED HIM.
THE VICTIM WAS USING A RUBBER-TIRED DOZER TO PUSH TRUCKS OUT OF THE PIT. HE HAD PUSHED ONE TRUCK OUT OF THE PIT AND WAS BACKING DOWN THE RAMP WHEN HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE DOZER. THE DOZER TRAVELED DOWN THE RAMP AND WENT OVER THE BERM. THE DOZER FELL INTO THE PIT WHICH CONTAINED 30 FEET OF WATER.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING NUMBER 3 CROSS CUT RIGHT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8' LONG BY 5' WIDE AND 10" THICK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH THE ROCK WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FOOT INBY THE LAST PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING THE LEADS OF A MATRIX PUMP CONTROLLER WHEN HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED HIGH-VOLT POWERLINE.
COLLISION BETWEEN MACK TRUCK AND TOYOTA PICKUP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO PARK SHUTTLE CAR. THE CAR CAME INTO CONTACT WITH CABLE WIRING. AS THE EMPLOYEE EXITED SHUTTLE CAR HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE METAL FRAME WHICH CAUSED ELECTRIC SHOC K.
AT APPROX. 10:45 AM THE LOADOUT "TRAIN" WAS STARTED. EMPLOYEES WERE EACH TO PUSH COAL TO THE LOADOUT CHUTES. AT APPROX. 10:50 AM AN EMPLOYEE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TUBE. WHEN HE INVESTIGATED HE FOUND DOZER IN THEHOLE. HE REQUESTED LOADOUT TO STOP. COAL COVERED DOZER. AT APPROX. 12:30PM DOZER PULLED OUT. VICTIM IN SEAT W/ BELT ON. RESUSCITATION FAILED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN AREA 289 OF THE UG MINE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE WELDING MACHINE. THE CABLE FROM THE WELDER HAD BEEN LAID OUT. HE WENT TO THE FAN AND PICKED UP THE 480 VOLT ENERGIZED CABLE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM ONE DAMAGED PHASE LEAD.
A 1989 AUTOCAR COAL HAULAGE TRUCK RAN OFF AND OVERTURNED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ELEVATED ROADWAY RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER, A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE.
WASHING OUT BARGE LOADOUT SYSTEM. FELL FROM CONVEYOR BELT 30 FT ONTO WOODEN DECK. HEAD INJURIES.
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED LUNCH. HE TOOK A COUPLE STEPS TOWARD HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN A FALL OF ROOF CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.
HE TOOK A RATCHET WRENCH WITH AN ALLEN SOCKET AND ATTEMPTED TO LOOSEN THE LUGS ON THE INCOMING POWER LEADS ON TOP OF BREAKER. A FLASH OCCURRED WHEN THE ENERGIZED POWER CIRCUIT BECAME GROUNDED THROUGH HIS METAL RATCHET WRENCH AND THE FRAME OF THE CONTROL PANEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS EVIDENTLY INSPECTING HIS SHUTTLE CAR CABLE WHICH HAD LOST POWER. HE WAS STANDING AT THE SHUTTLE CAR REEL BETWEEN THE CAR AND CURTAIN APPROXIMATELY 5' AWAY. A SCOOP BACKED THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND HIT THE CAR AND EMPLOYEE, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A CHUTE FEILLED WITH ORE BLEW OUT COVERING HIM WITH APPROX. 5 FEET OF ORE.
SHIFT IN LOAD CAUSED TORQUE WHICH OVERSTRESSED AND CAUSED TOWER CONNECTIONS TO SHEER. THE CONVEYOR BRIDGE DROPPED APPROX. 20', CAUSING HIM TO FALL FROM THE END THAT DROPPED.
I INSTRUCTED HIM TO GO TO COLARUSSO'S QUARRY TO LOG OFF TREES THAT HAD BEEN CUT DOWN ON A SMALL AREA OF LAND THAT WILL BE MINED. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO US A JOHN DEERE 350 DOZER WITH CHAIN TO AC COMPLISH THIS TASK. AT APPROX 8:15 AM THAT SAME MORNING I CAME INTO COLARUSSOS QUARRY WITH A SERVICE TRUCK TO FUEL UP THE DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE USING. I THEN LEFT AND GOT A PHONE CALL